ghsa-cq3j-mpfm-r8ww
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-02-27 03:34
Modified
2025-10-01 21:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size

KASAN reported a memory allocation issue in wcn->chan_survey due to incorrect size calculation. This commit uses kcalloc to allocate memory for wcn->chan_survey, ensuring proper initialization and preventing the use of uninitialized values when there are no frames on the channel.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-57997"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-27T02:15:13Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: wcn36xx: fix channel survey memory allocation size\n\nKASAN reported a memory allocation issue in wcn-\u003echan_survey\ndue to incorrect size calculation.\nThis commit uses kcalloc to allocate memory for wcn-\u003echan_survey,\nensuring proper initialization and preventing the use of uninitialized\nvalues when there are no frames on the channel.",
  "id": "GHSA-cq3j-mpfm-r8ww",
  "modified": "2025-10-01T21:31:11Z",
  "published": "2025-02-27T03:34:01Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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